Portugal faces the biggest demographic aging problem in the entire European Union. For every 100 children (aged up to 14) there are 182 elderly (aged 65 and over), according to a study published yesterday Sunday by the Portuguese database Pordata.
According to the study, which drew on data from Portugal’s National Institute of Statistics, over the past three decades the number of elderly people in the Iberian country has tripled. In 1990, for every 100 children there were 66 elderly people.
In Portugal the annual population aging index reached 3.6% and is the highest among the member countries of the European Union, the study highlights.
Analyst Jorge Mageiros from the University of Lisbon points out that the accelerated increase in the aging rate in Portugal is a result of the flight of young people abroad and the settlement in the country of foreigners who are already retired. Although he emphasizes that the figures should not be taken as some dramatic development, he does not fail to note that “societies need the energy of young people”.
Source: AMPE
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